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B. A WILSON.

Bridlelront.

Patented Nov. 16, 1880.

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STATES arnsr Farce.

BRYCE A. WILSON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BRlDLE-FRONT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,445, dated November 16, 1880,

Application filed August 25, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRYCE A. WVILSON, of the city and county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bridle-Fronts, of which the following is a specification illustrated by drawings.

Myinvention relates to bridle-fronts to which are attached, for the purpose of ornamenting or strengthening the same, one or more strips of metal.

1 am aware that it is not new to combine strips of metal with bridle -fronts to give strength and ornamentation to the same; but such strips are firmly and strongly attached, are made a part of the bridle-front, and are not intended for removal. It sometimes happens that these metal strips are perforated, so

as to serve as an ornamentation, and in these perforations are lodged grease, dirt, 820., removable only with great labor.

The object of my invention is to so attach the strip of metal to the bridle-front that it can be removed with facility, and the process or operation of cleansing accomplished more readily.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bridle-front having at tached thereto a strip of metal in the manner described and illustrated in this specification and drawings. Figs. 2 and 3 are views of the respective ends of a strip of metal, exhibiting the slots or perforations by the means of which the same is attached to a bridle-front. Fig. 4 is a cross vertical section of a bridle-front provided with a detachable strip of metal, as described and illustrated.

A, B, and O are strips of leather and metal, which, when united, form a bridle-front of the usual construction.

D is a strip of thin elastic metal. It may be of any color desired, and is perforated, so that through the perforations the metal strip 0 or other parts of the bridle-front may be seen. This strip of metal D may be detached when necessary with quickness and facility, by releasing it from the studs or buttons on the bridle-front, one of which is shown at f in the drawings, Fig. 1.

The strip D at the ends thereof is provided with apertures, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, respectively, and marked gand h. The aperture 9 is circular with a slight prolongation, or is oval in shape, so that when it snaps over its button it is retained in place against the shank of the button k by the elasticity of the bridlefront.

It will be readily seen that by the use of a strip of metal, detachable as described, the bridle-front can be kept in better order'and may be cleaned more easily than is now the case.

For purposes of ornamentation the detachable strip D may be corrugated, perforated, stamped, or otherwise embellished.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A bridlefront or brow-band having headed studs attached thereto, in combination with a strip of elastic metal with apertures g and h at its ends, the said strip being adapted to be attached to or removed from the front or band, substantially as specified.

BRYCE A. \VILSON.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. OUsHING, Jr., LoUIs L. ANGELL. 

